On August 2, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow and Junk Science Founder Steve Milloy appeared on Fox Business News. He discusses the Trump administration freezing fuel-efficiency standards and EPA efforts to rein in regulations under President Trump.
by Chris White Daily Caller A non-profit group that researches energy regulations is suing the State Department for information about a green energy lobbyist who coordinated with China to push Obama-era climate policies. The Institute for Energy Research filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Trump administration seeking records related to lobbyist Jennifer Morgan’s push for [...]
by Larry Bell NewsMax At long last, an Arizona Court has finally ruled to end actions by the University of Arizona (UA) to obstruct requests for public release of e-mails which can shed light upon scientifically dubious and intentionally misleading climate research practices which have had enormously far-reaching and costly government policy consequences. On July [...]
Junkscience.com founder and E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow testified yesterday on a topic he literally wrote the book: science reform. In the testimony he said in part: Since 1990s, EPA grantees like Harvard’s Doug Dockery and Brigham Young University’s Arden Pope have refused to make available to the public the raw data used in their epidemiologic [...]
by Sean Reilly E&E News reporter When acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler laid out the need for more certainty to agency employees in a get-acquainted speech Wednesday, his top priority might have come as a surprise: risk communication. "Risk communication goes to the heart of EPA's mission of protecting public health and the environment," he [...]
by Michael Bastasch The Daily Caller A regulation to strictly limit the sale of refurbished truck engines was effectively repealed on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt’s final day in office. Pruitt’s last day at the agency was Friday, but that same day, EPA shifted its policy towards glider kits, which are trucks with [...]
by Scott Tong MarketPlace The deregulatory priorities of the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency, long sought by industry, are not expected to change in the post-Scott Pruitt era, according to supporters and foes of the administration and independent observers. Key Pruitt deputies remain in place at top levels of the agency, and the former energy lobbyist [...]
by Jennifer A Dlouhy Bloomberg News Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt has resigned after a deluge of damaging revelations about his spending, travel, and a condo rental deal that prompted some Republican lawmakers to distance themselves and question his continued effectiveness. President Donald Trump announced in a tweet on Thursday that he’d accepted the [...]
by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow & Junkscience.com Publisher As Appearing in USA Today What Pruitt is really 'guilty' of is reining in the rogue Environmental Protection Agency President Trump should ignore calls to fire Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt. As mountains are made of molehills and double standards are everywhere, regulatory [...]
Today, E&E Legal joined the Heartland Institute and numerous other free market groups on letter to President Trump in support of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. Administrator Pruitt is the target of a well-orchestrated smear campaign by leftwing groups and individuals unhappy with his effectiveness at eliminating economy and job killing regulations that do nothing [...]
